Snow Wit White IPA from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company (Chico, CA)Ĭlick Here to Shop for a White IPA Recipe Kit Grain Bill:Ī Belgian Wit grain bill is simple, but nowhere near as flexible as many other beer styles.Accumulation from New Belgium Brewing Company (Fort Collins, CO).White Hops from Three Taverns Brewing Company (Decatur, GA).Riptide White IPA from Heavy Seas Brewing Company (Baltimore, MD).White IPA from Blue Point Brewing Company (Patchogue, NY).Whitewater IPA from The Boston Beer Company (Boston, MA).The Long Thaw White IPA from Harpoon Brewing Company (Boston, MA).White Dog IPA from El Segundo Brewing Company (El Segundo, CA).Galaxy White IPA from Anchorage Brewing Company (Anchorage, AK).Pig War White IPA from Hopworks Urban Brewery (Portland, OR).Whiplash White IPA from Sweetwater Brewing Company (Atlanta, GA).Great American Beer Festival Winner, Silver, 2012. Chainbreaker White IPA from Deschutes Brewin Company (Bend, OR).Coriander and orange peel flavors are also acceptable. Hop bitterness is high with hop flavors in the med-high to med-low range. Clove and other spicy flavors are possible because of the Belgian yeast. Grapefruit and orange are common, as is stone fruit such as apricot. Light, bready malt flavors with moderate to high fruity esters. Little to no astringency, with highly spiced examples exhibiting a higher astringency, but it should never be distract. Medium to mid-high carbonation in a med-light body. This perception may be somewhat reduced by the presence of the spices and esters. Hop aroma is low to moderate with qualities such as citrus, tropical, and stone fruit coming from American and/or New World varieties.
Some fruity esters (banana, citrus, apricot) will likely be noticeable. These aromas come from actual spice additions and/or the work of Belgian yeast. May present light to medium spice aromas of coriander and/or pepper. Usually presents a moderate to large, long-lasting white head of dense bubbles. Often hazy, with a color ranging across the gold spectrum, from deep to pale. Aside from White IPA, these include the following: In total, there are six “Specialty IPA” styles included in the BJCP guidelines. The BJCP classifies the White IPA beer style under category number 21, “IPA” and it can be found in the guidelines as sub-category (21B), “Specialty IPA.” Other Specialty IPA Styles: Medium-light body with medium to medium-high carbonationĬheese Enchiladas, Avocados, Chicken Fajitas Sharp Cheddar, Blue Cheese Moderate-to-high fruity esters Light & bready maltiness Notes of grapefruit, orange, apricot or banana are common Clove & other spices are possible Hop bitterness will be high while hop flavors will be medium-to-high Dry & refreshing finish. Light-to-Medium spice aromas Fruity esters should be noticeable Hoppiness should be low-to-moderate. Ranges from hazy deep gold to hazy pale yellow Moderately large white head that sticks around. Thus, a new beer style was born.įive years later, the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) officially recognized White IPA as a new style within their release of the 2015 style guidelines, making it an official addition to the craft brewing family. Like all brewers, the recipe was tweaked, refined and perfected. They were a hit! And soon after, countless other craft breweries followed this first collaborative example, creating their own recipes for this still unnamed style. A buzz that was impossible to stop, especially once craft beer drinkers started to go out of their way to hunt down one or - striking the lucky mother lode - both of these new brews. A buzz in the beer world began to simmer around this collaboration.
The two renditions, though born of the same exact recipe, came out quite different. 2 and Boulevard’s was simply named Collaboration No.
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Just to see what would happen.Īfter they’d hammered out the details of their experimental recipe - which included additions of lemongrass, white sage, coriander, and orange peel - each brewer went home and produced their own version of the beer.ĭeschutes called theirs Conflux Series No. They decided to combine their respective strengths and create something totally new. In 2010, Larry Sidor, the brewmaster at Oregon-based Deschutes Brewery, and Belgian-born Steven Pauwels, brewmaster at Boulevard Brewing, got together to develop a collaboration recipe.ĭeschutes was known for its hoppy brews, while Boulevard was known for playing in the wheat fields. So, what brought these two unique beer styles, which seem to have so little in common, together?Īppropriately, it was a collaboration between two craft brewers that created the style.
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